2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus,
or fibromyalgia?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,066 1,303 27.2 25.4-29.1 2,763 72.8 70.9-74.6
Region 5 576 170 24.8 20.9-29.3 406 75.2 70.7-79.1
GENDER
Male 255 59 19.6 14.8-25.6 196 80.4 74.4-85.2
Female 321 111 29.5 23.7-36.1 210 70.5 63.9-76.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 119 28.4 23.2-34.1 243 71.6 65.9-76.8
Non-Hispanic Black 108 32 23.3 15.3-33.8 76 76.7 66.2-84.7
Other 97 16 14.0 7.1-25.9 81 86.0 74.1-92.9
AGE
18-44 208 18 7.4 4.5-11.9 190 92.6 88.1-95.5
45-64 192 66 32.2 24.8-40.7 126 67.8 59.3-75.2
65+ 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 51 24.6 18.0-32.8 109 75.4 67.2-82.0
Some Post-H.S. 130 41 26.5 18.7-36.1 89 73.5 63.9-81.3
College Graduate 282 78 24.0 18.6-30.4 204 76.0 69.6-81.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 58 29.3 22.1-37.8 100 70.7 62.2-77.9
$50,000+ 282 70 22.5 17.3-28.7 212 77.5 71.3-82.7
Don't know/Not Sure 127 36 23.9 15.6-34.8 91 76.1 65.2-84.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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